Hi,

I am Thunderstorm, and a novice in OOBE and lucid dreaming. I seem to have a severe problem with entering the state required for lucid and OOBE.

My problem is that when I start to fall asleep, it's relatively easy to achieve a state in which I am basically asleep but still aware of it. I always know that I am conscious and my head is empty, but then something happens. I wake up to an extremely powerful muscular spasm striking through my entire body. I wake up fully, but then I realize that before the spasm I was not awake... I was sleeping but I could think freely. No dreams though.

Last night I attempted yet again... Only to suffer a different problem. I felt that someone tickled my armpit. I could no longer keep up with the "dreaming" and woke up to scratch myself in a panicked manner. But, I was alone so it was just some odd sensation instead of someone else doing something.

I wonder what is the cause of this... Please explain and help, if you understand what I mean.

Greetings,
Thunderstorm